Tracking GB's golden glory
David Weir has won his second gold medal of
the London 2012 Games as ParalympicsGB picked up a further four
gold medals to remain second in the medals table.
Weir’s fourth Paralympic gold medal of his
career came in the T54 1500m in a record time of three minutes
12.09 seconds. The wheelchair racer could pick up more gold medals
with the 800m and marathon still to come before the Games end.
There were also athletics medals for Britain's
Paul Blake, who took silver in the T36 400m final, and David
Devine, who won bronze in the T13 1500m.
England Athletics is encouraging disabled
people who feel inspired to give athletics a go to register their
details at the England
Athletics website so that the organisation can
provide the right information about getting involved. People can
also go to the Club Finder
tool to find a club or Run England Group that suits
them.
Clubs, coaches and event organisers can also
find out more about the support and advice available to them at the
England
Athletics website.
Others successes for ParalympicsGB yesterday
included Sophie Christiansen’s third gold medal of the Games in the
grade 1a individual freestyle and Heather Frederiksen’s gold medal
in the S8 100m backstroke.
In Archery, an all British final of the
compound open saw Danielle Brown defeat Mel Clarke.
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